A sprawling budget bill covering programs that aid the most vulnerable Minnesotans is now ready for consideration in a special session that the Legislature will need to finish before July to avoid disruptions.

The 303-page bill, which helps fund services for foster care, disabled Minnesotans and older adults, is the result of guidance to cut $1.1 billion from the budget over the next four years.

Two of the areas where the bill cuts, or as some legislators say “slows growth,” are in nursing home funding and waivers for disabled Minnesotans.

"We spent a few days working on that, and at the end, we decided to limit the rate of growth in both the waivers and the nursing homes,” said Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka. He said it accomplishes it by capping it growth at four percent using a specific me

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